Urban noir or entropy noir…….. whatever that is, I suppose I’ll
find out if I pull my finger out and read them!

I suppose I'm anticipating something other than a straightforward crime fiction novel. It's nice to go off page sometimes.

His other books interest me also - Shirker, Pack of Lies and Heaven, though for now, I will exercise some restraint and see how these go first.

Electric

It's the middle of
February and all over Auckland the lights are going out.

Samuel Usher is a
data-retrieval specialist: a broken man working on broken machines. Sam's
drinking too much, taking too many drugs - trying to get by. Until he meets
Candy and Jules, two drifting mathematicians, each after a Holy Grail - the one
perfect theory that will make their worlds complete. After five years together,
neither is getting any closer to their goal.

As for Sam - he just
wants Candy. And for a while, it looks as if he may have her. Then Jules is
found in a coma, and Candy disappears. All Sam's left with is a strange list of
numbers and three words: ANYWAY FREEDOM GOODBYE.

Sam's pursuit of the
truth will lead him into an underworld of chaos and turbulence, where numbers
rule and love and friendship collide.

A young woman mysteriously disappears. The lives of those she has left behind family,
acquaintances and strangers intrigued by her disappearance intersect to form a
captivating latticework of odd coincidences and surprising twists of fate.
Urban noir at its stylish and intelligent best.

Chad Taylor lives and works
in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the author of one collection of short stories
and four previous novels. His second novel, Heaven, was made into a
feature film by Miramax.

14 comments:

Col - That's an interesting career fora sleuth - a data retrieval specialist. It's an important career these days, and I'll be interested in what you think of ElectricDeparture Lounge sounds like it's got a solid premise, too.

Entropy........one definition (and without looking it up, I would have struggled to offer anything) is......lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder. Possibly the opposite of explosive then? A slow descent into hell!

Galveston is 25% done. I am enjoying it, though I'm not sure where it's going yet, which is good.

I wrongly thought entropy was the release of energy. With your definition and from what I read, it is disorder and decadence. I saw one other book categorized like that. Anywho - Galveston is unpredictable which made it all the more enjoyable for me. Hope you like it and if you don't well......glad you gave it a shot at least.

T.M. Logan 's 29 Seconds was looked at on the blog yesterday - here . Today the author kindly answers a few que...

Search This Blog

CATCHING UP WITH MY WIFE AND SON

Harlan Coben - Just One LookHarlan Coben - Stay Close

Tess Gerritsen - Last To Die

Jess Walter - The Financial Lives Of The Poets

Zoran Drvenkar - Sorry

Julia Crouch - Cuckoo

Wiley Cash - A Land More Kind Than Home

Gavin Extence - The Universe Versus Alex Woods

Oliver Stark - American Devil

Harlan Coben - The Innocents

David Mitchell - Cloud AtlasChuck Palahnuik - Fight Club

Aldous Huxley - Brave New World

Charlie McDowell - Dear Girls Above Me

10 behind my wife............she's getting away from me! 4 behind my son! I reckon I can reel her back in during the second half of the year!Not always my cup of tea - but I like reading what my better half has read, I find it promotes some learned discourse over the dinner table!